Method and apparatus for assigning users to use interlaces in a wireless cellular communication system
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1. A method comprising:
- determining an interlace preference factor for a first interlace, the interlace preference factor representing a probability of a first terminal transmitting data in the first interlace to a second terminal; and
based on the interlace preference factor for the first interlace, determining whether to transmit data in the first interlace from the first terminal to the second terminal.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses to selectively assign interlace preference factors to a plurality of user terminals to use a plurality of interlaces. These methods and apparatuses may improve capacity compared to a system that allows each user terminal to transmit data in every interlace.
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1. A method comprising:
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determining an interlace preference factor for a first interlace, the interlace preference factor representing a probability of a first terminal transmitting data in the first interlace to a second terminal; and
based on the interlace preference factor for the first interlace, determining whether to transmit data in the first interlace from the first terminal to the second terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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assigning a first interlace preference factor for a first interlace to a first user terminal;
assigning a second interlace preference factor for a second interlace to the first user terminal; and
sending a message to inform the first user terminal of the assigned first and second interlace preference factors. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An apparatus comprising:
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a transmitter to transmit data to a remote station; and
a processor to determine an interlace preference factor for a first interlace, the interlace preference factor representing a probability of the transmitter transmitting data in the first interlace to the remote station, based on the interlace preference factor for the first interlace, the processor is configured to determine whether the transmitter will transmit data in the first interlace from the user terminal to the base station. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 43, 44, 45)
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38. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor to assign a first interlace preference factor for a first interlace to a first user terminal and assign a second interlace preference factor for a second interlace to the first user terminal; and
a transmitter to send a message to the first user terminal indicating the assigned first and second interlace preference factors. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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46. An apparatus comprising a processor to (a) determine which user terminals transmitted signals that interfere most with each other'"'"'s signals, and (b) assign the user terminals that transmitted signals which interfere most with each other'"'"'s signals to use different interlaces for transmitting subsequent signals.
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